Cook Compression opens its new Texas service center on July 7, 2025, offering comprehensive repair and upgrade services for reciprocating compressors.
Cook Compression is set to open a new service center in Corpus Christi, Texas, on July 7, 2025. This facility will offer a full range of cylinder-end repair, reconditioning, replacement, and upgrade services for major reciprocating compressors.
“The Corpus Christi center reinforces our mission to provide localized, expert support that helps our customers maintain peak compressor performance and reliability,” said Jerry Shotts, General Manager of US Service Operations.
The center’s services include the repair and replacement of packing cases, valves, rings, pistons, and other essential components. The facility also has access to Cook Compression’s worldwide engineering resources, enhancing equipment availability and performance.
Situated to serve the Eagle Ford Shale region, this center expands Cook Compression’s global network dedicated to compressor performance and lifecycle support. It complements an extensive array of service facilities across the United States and partnerships in Europe and the Middle East.
Other Facility Openings
The NY-based, 45-acre manufacturing facility serves several markets, including oil and gas, offshore projects, carbon capture and sequestration, hydrogen mobility, energy storage, heat pumps, decarbonization, and air separation. The expansion is to better serve these markets and provide custom fits to meet the needs of producing large, highly engineered products. New equipment includes:
Annalisa Bloodworth, Oglethorpe Power’s President and CEO Annalisa Bloodworth explained that GE Vernova’s technology will boost performance and efficiency and reduce emissions. “We are proud to secure the technology for this critical energy project at a time when utilities across the globe are seeking solutions to meet rapidly growing energy demand,” Bloodworth said. “Once operational, this facility is expected to generate more than 1,400 MW of reliable energy for our members and the Georgia communities they serve.”
Per the agreement, GE Vernova will supply:
GE Vernova will also provide a 20-year long-term service agreement that includes all services and parts for the HA gas turbines, steam turbines, and associated generators.
After completing the permitting process for the Monroe County combined-cycle project, Oglethorpe Power plans to begin onsite work as early as Fall 2025 and break ground shortly thereafter. Commercial operations are expected to start in 2029.
